Tuesday, September 1, 2009Does Ohio need a Department of Development?Questions have arisen as Governor Strickland still has not named a permanent director after Mark Barbash's resignationby WKSU's STATEHOUSE BUREAU CHIEF KAREN KASLER

ReporterKaren Kasler

Ohio has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs in the last few years, and the state's unemployment rate has soared to levels not seen in a quarter of a century. But the state still has no permanent director of the agency that's charged with job creation and development. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler asked some economic experts for their thoughts.